Where Muslim personal law governs, a donor purports to make a present hiba of property that does not…

A hiba of future property is invalid because there is no existing subject matter for the present gift.

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Where Muslim personal law governs, a donor purports to make a present hiba of property that does not yet exist. What is the result?

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Correct answer A

A hiba of future property is invalid because there is no existing subject matter for the present gift.

Option A

Hiba requires a present gift of existing property.

Option B

There is no existing property to transfer at the time of the purported gift.

Option C

A later event does not make a purported present gift of future property valid.

Option D

Registration does not supply an existing subject matter for the gift.